There is a new garden open to the public in Rome, a hortus conclusus (enclosed garden) which has been recreated in a disused space inside the Museo della Civilt Romana at EUR by a group of about 30 criminal offenders. Fo...
As any student of Italian knows, sign language is second nature to the Italians. Why waste words when you can clearly express an emotion, a comment or make a suggestion with a hand movement? But in actual fact, sign lang...
Remember Esperanto? Back in the 1950s and 1960s, a lot of people believed that Esperanto would be the lingua franca all the nations of the world would learn in order to communicate with each other. Then English inexorabl...
It was just over a year ago that many Italian motorists found themselves putting on their seatbelts for the first time in their lives. The much-heralded points system had arrived.
The main novelty contained in the high...
Rome in summer
Once upon a time Rome used to be a city to avoid like the plague in August. In fact it was considered dangerously unhealthy by travellers and Romans alike until only about a decade ago. Then the city admi...
The Rome city bus company ATAC is changing bus routes and adding new buses to some routes on summer Sundays and holidays from 25 July until the end of September. Mauro Calamante, the president of ATAC, has announced that...
Want to find someone who will try out new restaurants with you? Fancy joining a Rome-based book club? The website of Rome Village, a community where Rome residents can exchange information and make friends, has been runn...
31 July 2004. Organised by Romes city council, this is a unique occasion in Italy to participate in the two artists "Old Friends Tour". In front of the Colosseum and all along the Via dei Fori Imperiali, the legendary mu...
The Erasmus Students Association of Universit di Roma Tre organises activities and events for Erasmus students who come to study in Rome. Every Mon throughout July there is an Erasmus boat party held at Baja, located on...
If you have a love of European culture and want to experience its diversity in the company of like-minded people, look out for activities organised by the new Rome chapter of EuroCircle, an international networking club....
1-15 Aug 2004. An American organisation is behind this festival playing on foreigners passion for Tuscany. The programme includes classical music, art, literature and gastronomy; guests include Rene Fleming, Joshua Bell,...
The ancient symbol of the Etruscan culture, the Veio Apollo, has been officially introduced the 15 of July to the Etruscan National Museum of Villa Giulia after six months restoration .
Four large Italian consumer associations are asking all cell-phone owners to switch off their phones from 12.00 14.00 on Thursday 15 July in protest at what they describe as "Sky-high tariffs, unnecessary services and m...
A group of 37 Africans who were put ashore at Porto Empedocle in Sicily on Monday 12 July have been taken to a centre for illegal immigrants in Agrigento, Sicily, from where they may be repatriated under existing Italian...
Peter Gabriel, Garou, Pascal Obispo, Muse and Eros Ramazzotti will be appearing during the 29th edition of the Palo Festival Nyon, from 20 to 25 July 2004. While rock, pop and French songs will occupy a large part of the...
Italian fire stations are to be opened to the elderly for six weeks in the height of the summer. The initiative comes following the exceptionally hot summer of 2003, when elderly people, who had remained in towns and cit...
Are you petrified of giving presentations, or do you harbour secret aspirations as a stand-up comedian? A new club is being formed in Rome to help people improve their public-speaking abilities. The toastmasters club rec...
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The Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) is hosting a Spring Market on Saturday, May 31. There will be American and Italian baked goods, second-hand clothing, handmade greeting cards...
The Joel Nafuma Refugee Center (JNRC) invites you to a Fundraising Aperitivo. All proceeds will go directly toward supporting refugees and asylum seekers through the JNRC’s vital p...
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